tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post4186467412672880873..comments2024-03-27T13:12:00.821-05:00Comments on RAYTOWN REPORT: RAYTOWN'S LEADING NEWS SOURCEGreg Waltershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02133276387013984873noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-1717070712741761702013-12-08T10:11:44.473-06:002013-12-08T10:11:44.473-06:00That meeting of the city budget was dated over two...That meeting of the city budget was dated over two months ago ; is this just coming online now?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-83038484060029787352013-12-07T10:41:10.569-06:002013-12-07T10:41:10.569-06:00Just read this on the online raytowneagle under th...<br />Just read this on the online raytowneagle under the heading, "<br />City Board Meetings<br />CITY OF RAYTOWN RELEASES BALANCED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2013/14<br />October 4, 2013"<br /><br />On the last line of the CA's report, "....said Sharma. We are confident that the result of this budget is to meet the expectations of a vibrant city that is still evolving 63 years after it was founded.”<br /><br />Does Sharma really think Raytown was founded in 1950? That's spooky.Susan Dolannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-6709660242370806062013-12-07T07:32:46.841-06:002013-12-07T07:32:46.841-06:00
The people who have filed so far to be on the ch... <br />The people who have filed so far to be on the charter commission are a very poor group of people to choose from. I have heard Jim Aziere thinks he should be chairman, if that happens God help us all. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-12704726830568919992013-12-06T22:55:47.660-06:002013-12-06T22:55:47.660-06:00To 6:57am what are you talking about! ?! Or what ...To 6:57am what are you talking about! ?! Or what comment are you responding to? You base this on whatAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-12079380288064458972013-12-06T21:57:39.878-06:002013-12-06T21:57:39.878-06:00
To 6:50p
Many are too lazy to do the rewarding ... <br />To 6:50p<br /><br />Many are too lazy to do the rewarding work of becoming informed and those are the ones who lie in the backwaters and expose themselves with ill-informed jabs at others.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-67259343143490882512013-12-06T19:23:11.351-06:002013-12-06T19:23:11.351-06:00To December 6, 2013 at 11:42 AM
Your post is obvi...<br />To December 6, 2013 at 11:42 AM<br /><br />Your post is obviously a demonstration of what happens when people fail to do their research. Amazingly, you had to look no further than the tip of your nose as this topic had already been addressed right here on Dec. 2nd and did not require your regurgitation. Perhaps you should take your own advice and educate yourself prior to posting.<br /><br />Post from Dec. 2nd, "...the actual date for filing those petitions didn't actually begin until December 17th but that the City of Raytown had agreed to allow acceptance of petitions much earlier. He also verified that the ending date for filing petitions is Jan. 21, 2014. "<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-88625477065327901162013-12-06T11:42:19.354-06:002013-12-06T11:42:19.354-06:00Petition filling date is not till dec 17th; that i...Petition filling date is not till dec 17th; that is when they will be filled. Anyone who is interested in placing their name on a petition should of taken it upon themselves to educate themselves about the election process. If you wish to work on a charter you will need to be knowledgable of various judicial asscepts Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-22993281167170350832013-12-06T06:57:02.593-06:002013-12-06T06:57:02.593-06:00Not so fast Chris. Your name calling will not work...Not so fast Chris. Your name calling will not work here. <br /><br />Tell ya' what. I'll join in your victory dance. But let's be fair about this. Many others saw how unfair it was when the city did not send petitions to the Election Board for verification in a timely fashion.<br /><br />Their action brought the change in policy. It was not just the C.R. show. Next time, check your ego at the door.<br /><br />Still waiting for that next "hold the phone" moment.<br /><br />For now, it is time to move on. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-29694675814009476052013-12-05T23:40:45.792-06:002013-12-05T23:40:45.792-06:00Department heads should be required to punch a tim...Department heads should be required to punch a time clock. They are paid an annual salary, but the taxpayers need an accounting that they are there every day for the required 8 hours.<br />When we still had time cards at the Post Office, Postmasters had to write on their cards, "Required service rendered except as noted." and sign their name. I signed my Postmaster's time card when she was on vacation.<br /><br />8:26 AM Thanks for the reminder about pearl Harbor day. My mother reminded me every year every year when I lived at home. I will hang my US flag on Saturday.<br /><br />Andy WhitemanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-13426901560400451172013-12-05T19:18:39.314-06:002013-12-05T19:18:39.314-06:00A week ago I was unhappy with the way the city was...A week ago I was unhappy with the way the city was handling the petitions. Should I still be unhappy after getting my way?<br /><br />I'm generally a pretty positive person, and try not to be negative when there is no need. In this instance, I am happy with the way the city ended up handling it.<br /><br />Even if the road was bumpy, the trip was worth it, and we got there in one piece.Chris Rathbonenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-26018906338486705682013-12-05T18:50:37.677-06:002013-12-05T18:50:37.677-06:00Convenient to who Chris?
Holding the petitions un...Convenient to who Chris?<br /><br />Holding the petitions until the very end would have been inconvenient to anyone who would have had their petition kicked back because signatures had been invalidated.<br /><br />Late January could be cold and snowpacked. Better to have more time when you are around friends and family to fill in those blank areas.<br /><br />I guess it would be more "convenient" if we simply did not have a charter election for some. After all, if everything is so grand and wonderful, why should anything be changed?<br /><br />Do we feel another "hold the phone" moment around the corner. <br /><br />You sure are singing a different tune from a week ago!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-2272489387494033832013-12-05T11:17:59.436-06:002013-12-05T11:17:59.436-06:007:15AM, You are obviously not aware that the City ...7:15AM, You are obviously not aware that the City does not "kick off the Christmas Season in Raytown." The City does not observe Christmas. It is known as, "The Holiday," not Christmas. Apparently City officials are required to attend and the highly paid officials who are too good to live in the city that writes their pay check don't want to hang around until about 8PM when it would be over. Quite frankly I am surprised that the Holiday lighting isn't held at 4:30PM so they may go home at 5PM! It can't be held on Saturday night because these officials would have to travel too far on their day off. Why can't Raytown have a CHRISTMAS lighting with overpaid officials absent? They aren't needed there unless they want to be there.<br /><br />Andy WhitemanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-55087606393922825102013-12-05T09:00:22.422-06:002013-12-05T09:00:22.422-06:00
- just for fun, imagine a city hall meeting about...<br />- just for fun, imagine a city hall meeting about to commence. Mayor Bower jumps up and excuses himself because he forgot to clock in -<br />Merry Christmas!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-88905076716725162612013-12-05T08:26:57.948-06:002013-12-05T08:26:57.948-06:00December 7th is the anniversary
of the bombing of ...<br />December 7th is the anniversary<br />of the bombing of Pearl Harbor<br />remember: <br />JAPAN KILLED AND TORTURED<br />405,399 AMERICAN SOLDIERS<br />during WWII.<br />2,402 KILLED AT PEARL HARBOUR<br />1,282 WOUNDED AND MAIMED!<br />So let's all go out and buy an import car or truck!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-2745070041454817142013-12-05T08:07:09.173-06:002013-12-05T08:07:09.173-06:00To, 8:45
I don’t find it demeaning! In my earlier ...To, 8:45<br />I don’t find it demeaning! In my earlier working<br />days I punched a time clock for years.<br />It just seems a little funny that after decades of <br />no time clock, and this cities leaders trying everything<br />they can to go against our Police Department that it<br />would be implemented now.<br />When you get down to it, it’s between the policemen<br />and the City Administrator who, doesn’t have to follow<br />the rules, handing out rules he expects others to follow.<br />I’m not sure if this is ironic or just a stupid power play.<br />Either way it can cost the taxpayers more but, give the <br />men and women of our Police Department the money<br />they deserved all along for working before and after<br />their shift. <br />Can we please move on now?Pat Casadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02753840266376084738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-17812578301745052512013-12-05T07:48:32.874-06:002013-12-05T07:48:32.874-06:00Susan, I had asked the election board early on if ...Susan, I had asked the election board early on if we could bypass city hall and turn in our petitions in directly to them, and was told no. They did give me a reason, although I don't remember what it was off the top if my head right now.<br /><br />I honestly don't believe the city was holding on to the petitions to be sneaky, or to try to pull a fast one. I do believe they had planned on turning them in at the same time out of convienence. The reason they went ahead and turned in some of them in early on, was also out of convienence, since they had to turn in the main petition with the charter question anyway, they went ahead and turned in everything they had so far at that time.<br /><br />The timing that this came out didn't help any either. Since I found out about it right before thanksgiving, I knew there was a good chance it could be a few days before I might get any good information to put out.<br /><br />I'm sure the city didn't think it would be a big deal to wait to turn them all in at the same time, and when they realized it was a big deal to some of us, they changed course.<br /><br />I am very pleased with the city's response, in particular, Teresa Henry, and am optomistic in working with them in the future.Chris Rathbonenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-23383335822387526042013-12-05T07:15:28.013-06:002013-12-05T07:15:28.013-06:00It is the "sneaky, sneaky" part that is ...It is the "sneaky, sneaky" part that is most disturbing about city hall actions. A city official is caught holding onto petitions and then quickly changes gears when caught.<br /><br />No apology, no explanation. <br /><br />You see this way too often at Raytown City Hall.<br /><br />Tomorrow night the city will hold a tree lighting ceremony to officially kick off the Christmas Season in Raytown.<br /><br />That's a good tradition and I am glad they are doing it. <br /><br />But why on earth at 5:30 in the afternoon?<br /><br />Raytown is still a bedroom community. Most of its working population has to drive outside the city during the workweek to go to jobs.<br /><br />That means many will not be able to show up for the tree lighting ceremony.<br /><br />I bet if they moved the start time back to at least 6:30 or 7:00 they would draw a better crowd. Maybe help create a sense of community at the event. <br /><br />The way it is handled now you get the feeling it is a chore that city officials are going through that they just want to get over with and out of the way.<br /><br />Too late for change this year. Maybe next year some thought and consideration could go into the planning.<br /><br />Why not do it on a Saturday night? Bound to draw more people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-83102479337406945792013-12-05T02:06:53.292-06:002013-12-05T02:06:53.292-06:00To December 4, 2013 9:05p
You may well be right a...<br />To December 4, 2013 9:05p<br /><br />You may well be right about the bureaucratic courtesies...always exercised at the expense of those not party to the clique. <br /><br />At the beginning of this week I wrote about the strict language of the Missouri Elections statutes and the big 'IF'. The statute I referred to (in part) was: "115.337. 1. When an election authority for a county and an election authority for a city have jurisdiction within the same county, the county election authority may, for the purpose of verifying signatures on any new party or independent candidate petition filed with its office, deliver copies of petition pages to the city election authority for registration verification. The city election authority receiving a copy of petition pages shall check each signature indicated by the county election authority against its registration records and return all such copies to the county election authority......"<br /><br />I repeat, with emphasis:<br /><br />"the COUNTY election authority MAY, FOR THE PURPOSE OF VERIFYING SIGNATURES, on any new party or independent candidate petition filed with its office, DELIVER COPIES OF PETITION PAGES TO THE CITY election authority for registration verification."<br /><br />Maybe I've overlooked another statue within this section but it sure sounds like petitions are turned in to the County Election Commission who does the primary verification and then "MAY" deliver COPIES (not originals) to the city election authority for any remaining verification (to be returned to the County in between 6 and 12 days).<br /><br />Why not cut out the middle man, take a little drive to Independence and personally file your petition there?<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> Susan Dolannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-11908053461500296672013-12-04T21:05:26.799-06:002013-12-04T21:05:26.799-06:00It looks like Chris and Susan were both right.
C...It looks like Chris and Susan were both right. <br /><br />Chris writes a post claiming the city is holding petitions rather than turning them over in a timely manner.<br /><br />Susan writes that an un-named election board official says he is well aware of this blog and that the city clerk has turned over the petitions to the election board.<br /><br />Chris writes he called the election and finds out that the city clerk did not turn over the petitions until very recently.<br /><br />Sneaky, sneaky. Omissions by bureaucrats from the election board covering a bureaucrat in the city.<br /><br />You are very young Chris. You will learn that bureaucrats will circle the wagons and cover for each other in most instances.<br /><br />So, you see, both you and Susan were correct. No apologies were necessary.<br /><br />I'm just glad they are doing the right thing and reviewing the petitions in a more timely fashion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-10165960987773996202013-12-04T20:45:36.994-06:002013-12-04T20:45:36.994-06:00It looks like we are on the same page, Pat. Everyo...It looks like we are on the same page, Pat. Everyone should be paid for the time they worked. Why do you find punching a time clock demeaning?<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-91868014758102043372013-12-04T20:31:21.807-06:002013-12-04T20:31:21.807-06:00Looks like a new concern over punching a time cloc...Looks like a new concern over punching a time clock and then you have the usual " what I meant to say was" that we read in several threads. Looks like everyone's goodAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-86739170598204900682013-12-04T17:53:35.197-06:002013-12-04T17:53:35.197-06:00No worries Susan. Misunderstandings happen, especi...No worries Susan. Misunderstandings happen, especially in forums like this. I know our goal is the same.Chris Rathbonenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-9271510307507207022013-12-04T11:51:58.091-06:002013-12-04T11:51:58.091-06:00Pat,
Re your comment December 3, 2013 at 8:27 AM:...Pat, <br />Re your comment December 3, 2013 at 8:27 AM:<br />Are the police paid hourly or receiving an annual salary? If they are paid hourly, it sounds like there is a possible Federal violation here of not being being paid for time worked.<br /><br />Back in the '70s the American Postal Workers Union won a class action against the USPS in reference to employees working before or after hours as unpaid time. As an example, I was reporting to work early to get my stamp drawer our of the safe and set up before opening the Post Office as well as getting most of the First Class Mail into the PO Boxes by the 8AM opening. Also I was staying 30 minutes after closing to complete the "cash book" (bookkeeping) for the day. The APWU filed a class action regarding other people who were doing this as well as unpaid training. The result was a notice was published in the APWU magazine and anyone who filed a request to become a part of the class received $500.<br /><br />It seems to me this action could backfire on the city!<br /><br />Andy WhitemanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-56189291907066944262013-12-04T11:49:53.445-06:002013-12-04T11:49:53.445-06:00To 7:09-how about when there is a call out for eit...To 7:09-how about when there is a call out for either a bad crash or a SWAT callout, do you want people worrying about timing in or handling business? Personally, I want them handling business.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-28206017443554585112013-12-04T07:55:45.905-06:002013-12-04T07:55:45.905-06:00What a great country!
I knew when I wrote my time ...What a great country!<br />I knew when I wrote my time clock note there<br />would be someone out there that would say what’s<br />the problem with it. <br />There is nothing wrong with it!<br />I agree the police or anyone else should be paid for<br />each and every minute they work, and overtime. <br />Since most police start getting ready for their shift<br />early they should be paid for it then, after their<br />shift is over and they are forced to stay out late<br />for whatever reason they should be paid overtime<br />to do their paperwork to finish up the shift.<br />This could be great for them! This could be the raise<br />In pay they should have got years ago.<br />Let’s take it one step further. Why not have every<br />city employee from the City Administrator down,<br />in fact let’s have our elected officials punch in too.Pat Casadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02753840266376084738noreply@blogger.com